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The Review of Korean Studies

  • P-ISSN1229-0076
  • E-ISSN2773-9351
  • SCOPUS, ESCI

Book Review: The Invitation-Only Zone: The True Story of North Korea’s Abduction Project, by Robert S. Boynton. New York: Farrar, Strauss, and Giroux, 2016, 271 pp., US$26.00, ISBN: 978-0374175849 (hardcover)

The Review of Korean Studies / The Review of Korean Studies, (P)1229-0076; (E)2773-9351
2017, v.20 no.1, pp.221-233
https://doi.org/10.25024/review.2017.20.1.008
John Cussen (Edinboro University of Pennsylvania)

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